Responding to Bias: Strategies and Skills

Start by reading this JAMA Piece of My Mind “Speak Up”which describes one physician’s experience with speaking up when witnessing micro-aggressions or biased comments or behavior in the clinical workplace.

Then read this post from STAT News that describes a medical student’s experience with racist comments during her clinical training and how it felt when no one spoke out against it.

ToolsforResponding to Bias

Goal: Communicate a message of disapproval without damaging interpersonal relations